Are You Ready for Some JV Football?
A Saturday paaaaarty! Yes, sir, Acalanes is here… ready to get the good time started! We got Granada on the field and we’re crankin’ up the heat, all the rowdy Dons are back and can’t be beat!
It’s been a long ten months of masks, distancing and no pads, but thanks to the incredible patience of our fantastic coaches and the diligence of our boys, we actually had football last Saturday. Even though it was only a first scrimmage, with the different scrimmage rules and an opponent made up of freshmen and sophomores, it had a definite party feel after such a long, long wait.
We also had our first streaming game for parents and fans who couldn’t attend, hopefully that was a good experience for all. You may have noticed that most of the boys were wearing their practice jerseys, so it was a bit difficult to identify players much of the game. Next week they’ll be back in their home whites and we’ll all be able to use the roster that was sent out last week to know who’s who.
Overall, it was a good performance for a first scrimmage, the final tally was 3 TDs for the Dons and 2 for the Matadors of Granada. Strong-armed QB Kyle Bielawski had two long TD bombs, the first a 40-yard Ethan Torres’ leaping grab, the second on another 40-yard rainbow landing beautifully over the DB to Trevor Rogers on his way into the end zone. Ethan was also the recipient of another long throw that stopped just short of the goal line. On the very next play, the Dons went to their “heavy” formation with the big fellas, George Churchill, Tyler Worthington, Zach Robb & Marcus Julian collapsing the right side of the Matador line and Ben Foox dragging a helpless Matador DB into the end zone for the third TD.
Standouts included Kyle at QB and the receiving corps of Ethan, Trevor and Andrew Habas, along with Lex Jung who had a nice end around run and numerous crushing blocks downfield. Running backs Ben Foox and Toby Schwing also had good days running the ball and catching swing passes. The O-line also performed well allowing only one sack over the course of the 90-minute scrimmage. On defense, top performers from last year Tyler Worthington, Miller Smith and Coco Gannon, continued to look sharp and aggressive, and newcomers George Churchill, at inside LB, and Ellis Burger, at CB, filled in well stuffing runs and physically taking on blockers in their first game with pads.
Next week no more “scrimmage rules” back to the real games vs. Monte Vista at home. We are hoping for more fans on Saturday (stay tuned!)…let’s show up and make the visiting Mustangs know that they’re in the Don’s house, our house, and it’s our time to paaaaaaarty!
